Woven pile fabric.



No. 667,583. Patented Feb. 5, l90l. H. SABAFIAN.

WOVEN FILE FABRIC.

(Application filed May 16, 1899. Renewed. May 9, 1900.) (No Model.)

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HOVCEP SARAFIAN, OF TITUSVILLE, PENNSYLVANIA.

WOVEN PlLE FABRIC.

SPEGIFICATION forming of Letters Patent No. 667,583, dated February 5, 1901.

Application filed May 16, 1899. Renewed May 9, 1900. Serial No. 16,108. (No model;

T0 to whom it may concern.-

Be it known that I, HovcEP SARAFIAN, of Titusville,in the county of Crawford and State of Pennsylvania, have invented a new and Improved Woven Pile Fabric, of which the followingisa full,clear, and exact description.

The invention relates to textile fabrics; and its object is to provide a new and improved woven pile fabric which has a fine appearance and excellent wearing qualities and which may be readily Woven without requiring highly-skilled labor.

The invention consists of novel features and parts and combinations of the same, as will be fully described hereinafter and then pointed out in the claims.

A practical embodiment of my invention is represented in the accompanying drawings, forming a part of this specification, in which similar characters of reference indicate corresponding parts in all the views.

Figure 1 is a plan view of the fabric for forming the pile weft-threads for the im proved fabric. Fig. 2 is a like view of the blank pile weft-thread cut from the fabric shown in Fig. 1. Fig. 3 is a side elevation of the finished pile weft-thread. Fig. 4 is a rear face view of the finished fabric. cross-section of the same on the line 5 5 in Fig. 4. Fig. 6 is a longitudinal section of the same on the line 6 6 in Fig. 4. Fig. 7 is a plan view of a modified form of the fabric for forming the pile Weft-thread for the finished fabric, and Fig. 8 is a like view of another modified form of fabric for forming the pile weftthread.

The improved pile fabric consists, essentially, of warp-threads A and pile weft-threads B interwoven with each other, as hereinafter more fully described, the warp-threads being of ordinary form and of suitable material, preferably, however, cotton, while the pile weft-threads B are formed with a woven back B, from which extend in one direction fringethreads B which form the face for the finished fabric, and the woven back B is interwoven With the Warp-threads A in the usual manner of weaving ordinary fabrics, and as will be readily understood by reference to Figs. 4, 5, and 6.

In order to form the pile Weft-threads, I

Fig. 5 is a first Weave a fabric 13, (shown in Fig. 1,) having weft-threads B preferably of bunched silk, and sets of warp-1h reads 13, two, three, or more in number, said sets of warp-threads being placed a suitable distance apart. The fabric thus produced is cut transversely of the weft-th reads midway between the sets of warp-threads B along the lines 00 ac, as indicated in Fig. 1, to form a strip shown in Fig. 2, which is doubled up to form the woven back B, the fringe-threads B formed by the weftthreads' B extending in one direction from the woven back, and the doubled-up parts being securely united with each other at the woven back by a row of stitching B as illustrated in Fig. Thus the fringethreads B extend in bunches from the woven and stitched back, and this filling-thread is interwoven with the warp-threads A, so that the fringe-threads B extend from the face of the fabric only, thus completely hiding the woven back and the warp-threads. Now by arranging the weft-threads B of the preliminary fabric B in different colors it is evident that in the finished fabric the differently-colored fringe-threads B give a fine appearanceto the face of the fabric, either according to a predetermined design or an irregular design, as the case may be.

In making the fabric I prefer to employ, in addition to the pile weft-threads B, filling or spacing threads 0, of cotton or other material, interwoven with the warp-threads and alternately with the pile weft-threads B, as illustrated in Figs. 4 and 6. By this arrangement the spacing-threads 0 give additional strength to the back of the fabric.

Instead of forming the pile'weft-threads B in the manner described from the fabric B I may form them as shown in Fig. 7, they having a plurality of selvage Warp-threads B on one side and a single warp-thread B on the opposite side, a weft-thread B being interwoven with said warp-threads. When this pile weft-thread isfinished, the Warpthread B is withdrawn, which leaves looped fringe-threads extending from the interwoven selvage warp-threads B In Fig. 8 I represent another fabric for forming the pile weft-threads B, and in this case two sets of selvage warp-threads B B are placed a suitable distance apart and interwoven with the weft-threads B and this fabric is then out between the two sets of warp-threads B B along the line y y to form the pile weft-threads to be interwoven with the warp-threadsA in the manner above described.

It is understood that by making the pile weft-threads in the manner above described and illustrated in Figs. 7 and 8 it is not necessary to employ the stitching B required for uniting the doubled-up parts of the strip cut from the fabric 13 as above explained.

Having thus fully described my invention, I claim as new and desire to secure by Letters Patent- 1. A woven pile fabric, comprising warpthreads, and pile weft-threads, each of the latter consisting of a strip formed of fringethreads, and binding-threads, the bindingthreads being interwoven with the fringethreads at the center of their length so that the fringe-threads will project from each side of the binding-threads, the strip being folded and the parts secured together, forming a strip with a woven back from which the fringethreads all extend in one direction, substan tially as and for the purpose set forth.

2. A woven pile fabric, consisting of warpthreads, pile weft-threads, each of the latter consisting of astrip formed of fringe-threads, and binding threads interwoven with the fringe-threads at the center of their length, the strip being folded and the parts secured together, forming a strip with a woven back from which the fringe-threads all extend in one direction, and spacing-threads between the pile weft-threads, substantially as herein shown and described.

3. A pile Weft-thread for pile fabrics, consisting of a strip formed of fringe-threads projecting from each side of a woven center,

the strip being folded at the longitudinal center and the parts stitched together adjacent to the woven portion, whereby a strip with a woven back from which all the fringe-threads extend will be formed, as set forth.

HOVCEP SARAFIAN.

WVitnesses:

THEO. G. HOSTER, EVERARI) BOLTON MARSHALL. 

